712 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 20 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 154 HPD housing violations, 107 311 service requests, 101 HPD complaints.
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| Open HPD violations | 3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2026-09-23. |
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6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 4).
132 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
$95,120 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
28 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Homeless Person Assistance (4) · Elevator (4) · Illegal Parking (3) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (2) · Non (2).
$320,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Registered owner(s) | BREAKING GROUND IV HDFC |
| Head officer | BRENDA E ROSEN |
| Managing agent | BREAKING GROUND MANAGEMENT |
| Last registered | 2025-10-09 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,501,000 | $2,475,450 |
| 2026 | $5,583,000 | $2,512,350 |
| 2027 | $5,721,000 | $2,574,450 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: CHARITABLE HOUSING
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Bowery — J Z · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Grand St — B D · 900 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Bowery / Spring St — M103 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Rivington St & Chrystie St · 400 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
197 Bowery
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
28 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by BREAKING GROUND MANAGEMENT — 15 buildings, 2,625 units. Grades across the portfolio: A3 · B6 · C3. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 680 8 Avenue | MN | 652 | B |
| 10 East 28 Street | MN | 416 | C |
| 133 Pitt Street | MN | 263 | B |
| 455 East 148 Street | BX | 190 | C |
| 160 Schermerhorn Street | BK | 190 | B |
| 202 West 24 Street | MN | 180 | C |
| 626 Bergen Avenue | BX | 161 | B |
| 39 Hegeman Avenue | BK | 161 | B |
| 455 East 142nd Street | BX | 152 | A |
| 7 Livonia Avenue | BK | 126 | B |
| 1505 St Marks Avenue | BK | 72 | A |
| 1115 East 165th Street | BX | 62 | A |
| 197 Bowery | MN | 0 | — |
| 106 West 83 Street | MN | 0 | — |
| 108 West 83 Street | MN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $581,000 on 2009-06-22 (lender: New York State Housing Finance Agency). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-06-22 | Mortgage $581,000 — from COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY IV HOUSING DEVEL to NEW YORK STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY | $581,000 | |
| 2008-06-11 | Mortgage $1,350,000 — from COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY IV HOUSING DEVEL to THE CITY OF NEW YORK- DEPARTMENT OF HOUS | $1,350,000 | |
| 2008-06-11 | Agreement $2,500,000 — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK- DEPARTMENT OF HOUS to COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY IV HOUSING DEVEL | $2,500,000 | |
| 2006-04-28 | Agreement $500,000 — from COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY IV HOUSING DEVEL to NORTH FORK BANK | $500,000 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $2,500,000 — from COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY IV HOUSING DEVEL to THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF HOUS | $2,500,000 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $3,173,764 — from COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY HDFC IV, INC. to NEW YORK STATE HOMELESS HOUSING | $3,173,764 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $301,052 — from COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY HDFC IV, INC. to NEW YORK STATE HOMELESS HOUSING | $301,052 | |
| 2005-02-11 | Mortgage $2,223,484 — from COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY HDFC IV, INC. to NEW YORK STATE HOMELESS HOUSING | $2,223,484 | |
| 2002-08-26 | Mortgage $456,220 — from COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY IV HOUSING DVLPM to NEW YORK STATE HOMELESS HOUSING & ASSIST | $456,220 | |
| 2002-02-26 | Mortgage $2,100,000 — from COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY IV HOUSING DVLPM to INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN TRUST COMPANY | $2,100,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 31 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 40 |
| 2019 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 31 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 31 |
| 2022 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 10 | 69 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 45 |
| 2024 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 41 |
| 2025 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 43 |
| 2026 | 0 | 14 | 70 | 6 | 90 |
Every one of the 712 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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